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Mantymaa, Mirjami; Puura, Kaija; Luoma, Ilona; Latva, Reija; Salmelin, Raili K.; Tamminen, Tuula – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
This study examined child and parental factors in infancy and toddlerhood predicting subclinical or clinical levels of internalizing and externalizing problems at 5 years of age. Ninety-six children and their families participated. They were assessed when the children were 4-10 weeks old (T1), 2 years (T2) and 5 years old (T3). Child risks…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Family Violence, Child Rearing, Pregnancy
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Schulte, Ilva Elena; Petermann, Franz – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2011
The aim of this study was to examine whether familial risk factors for the development of somatoform symptoms and somatoform disorders in children and adolescents can be deduced from studies which investigated the intergenerational transmission of functional abdominal pain and somatoform disorders. A systematic review of articles published in…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship
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Stadler, Christina; Feifel, Julia; Rohrmann, Sonja; Vermeiren, Robert; Poustka, Fritz – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and effects of peer-victimization on mental health problems among adolescents. Parental and school support were assumed as protective factors that might interact with one another in acting as buffers for adolescents against the risk of peer-victimization. Besides these protective factors, age…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Psychopathology, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Faragian, Sarit; Kurs, Rena; Poyurovsky, Michael – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
A substantial proportion of adolescent schizophrenia patients also has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). As the reliability of OCD identification in schizophrenia has been challenged, we evaluated insight into OCD symptoms and awareness of schizophrenia, using the Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale and the Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Mental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Psychopathology
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Giummarra, Melita J.; Haslam, Nick – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
The structure of lay people's concepts of childhood mental disorder was investigated in a questionnaire study and examined for convergence with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV). Eighty-four undergraduates who had no formal education in abnormal psychology rated 54 conditions--36 DSM-IV childhood disorders and 18 non-disorders--on…
Descriptors: Children, Mental Disorders, Lay People, Undergraduate Students
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Hussey, David L.; Guo, Shenyang – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
A sample of 126 consecutively admitted residential treatment children (mean age = 9.86, SD=1.84; 70.6% male; 42.1% African American; 50% Caucasian) were studied over a five-year period to identify predictors of length-of-stay. Cox regression was the primary statistical method used to analyze psychiatric and behavioral rating data for children…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Mental Disorders, Alcohol Abuse, African American Children